| Show TRAP TRAP SHOOTING SHOOTING FEVER GRIPS THROUGH EAST Keen Interest in Sport at All Big Gatherings Is Noticeable HIS week at Grant park Chicago T THIS I o over oer er out out out- or shot out If It YOU jou ou please the please the greatest of ot all trapshooting events the events the Grand American Handicap I Over O from all all- sections sections sec sec- of ot the country countr gathered at the score of ot this most moat popular of ot all American sports to settle the amateur championship for tor another year jear car To tho tha casual reader these those figures ma may lack impressiveness The thought I of baseball world serle series and Its hosts of or spectators ms may give rise to the impression im hn- Irn- Irn I of oC but smallness but bear this one salient Ballent thought in mind Every one of or these 8 O will be be I active participants er E Every last lat one or of of them will tr try his Iris skill at the traps I J And the that crowns his ef et- et- et etI I I forts will be n a an individually won success made possible only b by his skill and his skill alone llone Yes there will be thousands of or spectators spectators spec spec- as well Probably several thousand thou- thou sand and for or the grand American handicap handicap handi handl- cap Is the veritable Mecca to toward which ever eer ardent every gun fan turns his footsteps In the fall Also Abo there may be some disappointed shooters shooter for tor forI someone must bo be disappointed where I there is only one championship to win and BO so man many entrants trying trying- for tor it But even en this disappointment will be beof beof of ot small moment In comparison to the clean democratic sports that will ill be given on to all When you come to think of ot It there must be some real attraction in a sport that can call to its banners so many ardent enthusiasts as trapshootIng Ing There must be some r reason so why as the they sa say saIn In Battle Dattle Creek I Less than half a century old yet numbering Its enthusiasts b by thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands Is the brief history ot of tho the success sue suc cess of or trapshooting And the best evidence of or its fast rost and ever ing popularity is that its membership roll ler is- rapidly being added to by the tho new clubs that are constantly springIng springIng spring- spring Ing lag into existence in almost every sec see tion of c t th the country u imo us ns 5 contemporary baseball trapshooting is a n truly American sport A clean democratic pastime filled to the brim with the tho spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship Its influence over er its devotees however Is Ib perhaps more deeply rooted than that of ot on any other sport I For or trapshooting trapshooting trap trap- shooting finds It its er very source In an Inherent human trait trait trait-an an Inborn dt deon de- de site sire on the part of oC every r red d Individual to excel in marksmanship One cannot watch a club tournament tournament ment mont without experiencing an Irresistible irresistible Irre Irre- desire to grab a gun un and show how the other fellow how to do It It and the lure Iura of or the clo clay pigeon with its tantalizing tan- tan challenge to the shooters shooter's skill beggars description Bas Baseball eb all fans may be made but oters can be truly said to be born for It needs only the mero sight of the sport to fan the dormant shooting Instinct Into a brilliant flame name And once this condition is brought about a veritable gun bug exists Verily the trapshooting fever Is Js con con- No o on one Is Immune Tho The ml- ml attacks all classes and both sexes It is nothing extraordinary to find both boss and employee fighting it out to the finish at the score Youth and arid old od age are brothers In arms at the sport and the one armed shooter Is no exception Incidentally the sport has hns the approval al and indorsement of over ever every thinking man f Even fen en the clergy aro are susceptible to Its charm II |
